diff --git a/.github/workflows/scripts/generate-weekly-report.js b/.github/workflows/scripts/generate-weekly-report.js
index 45b463357f65..9ce8fa282853 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/scripts/generate-weekly-report.js
+++ b/.github/workflows/scripts/generate-weekly-report.js
@@ -285,7 +285,8 @@ function parseJsonFromText(text) {
     // Parse the found string to JSON
     return JSON.parse(match[1]);
   } else {
-    throw new Error("JSON data not found");
+    debug({msg: "No JSON found in previous issue"})
+    return null
   }
 }